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Australian Medical Association president Michael Gannon believes the measure is appropriate.

The association has had concerns about the scheme and believes some of the use of the urgent after-hours item numbers wasn't appropriate.

"It makes no sense at all that you see a GP in their rooms, someone who knows your history, knows all about you, has your records and they're getting effectively paid one-third as much as a doctor who is not necessarily a specialised trained GP," Dr Gannon told Sky News.

During its review the Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce found:

* The number of urgent after-hours services increased by 150 per cent in the five years between 2010-11 and 2015-16. Standard GP services grew by just 15 per cent.

* Benefits paid similarly rose from $90.8 million to $245.9 million over the five years.

Medicare data has shown 70 per cent of the 1.86 million after-hours house calls in 2015-16 were made by non-vocationally registered GPs and GP trainees.